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	Seafood of South-East Asia
	Alan Davidson 368 pp; 174 x 246 mm; b & w drawings; trade paperback ISBN 1903018234 £17.99		This completes the republication of Alan Davidson's magisterial surveys of fish and seafood. In an addictive cocktail of anecdote and lore the book combines a scientific catalogue of edible marine creatures with recipes drawn from those countries which border the South China Sea and the eastern Indian Ocean. Few books are as exhaustive or as enthusiastic. As more warm-water fish are available in Britain, so the raw materials which Davidson describes so eloquently can be deployed at myriad tables. The delicate skill with which so many facts are deployed is at once playful and learned; accurate, yet with an eye to the surreal. The book was first published in Singapore and Hong Kong in 1976; it has been entirely revised. The cover and typography are uniform with Mediterranean and North Atlantic. This is also published in America by Ten Speed Press.

	*Contents* Acknowledgements 7 Introduction to the First Edition 9 Introduction to the Revised Edition 10 CATALOGUES EXPLANATION OF THE CATALOGUES 13 CATALOGUE OF FISH 17 Herring-like Fish, Big and Small 17 A Mixed Bag: Catfish, Eels, Lizard Fish, Garfish, Half-beaks and Flying Fish 31 Barracuda, Grey Mullet and Threadfin 39 Some Perch-like Fish, including the Barramundi and Tripletail 47 Groupers and Seabass: The Family Serranidae 53 The Carangid Fish, the Runner and the Moonfish 61 Snappers 73 Bream, Mojarras and Grunts 81 Croakers 89 Goatfish and Some Small Fish of the Coral Reefs 93 A Miscellany of Other Perch-like Fish 99 Mackerel, Tuna, Swordfish and Sailfish 107 Flatfish 117 Leatherjackets, Triggerfish and Blowfish 122 Sharks and Rays 124 CATALOGUE OF CRUSTACEANS 131 Shrimps, Prawns, Spiny Lobsters and the Mantis Shrimp 131 Crabs 143 CATALOGUE OF MOLLUSCS AND OTHER EDIBLE SEA CREATURES 151 Single Shells (Gasteropods) 151 Bivalves 159 Cephalopods 177 Sea Turtles 186 Miscellaneous Marine Creatures and Edible Seaweeds 190 RECIPES INTRODUCTION 201 NOTES ON INGREDIENTS 203 RECIPES FROM BURMA 219 RECIPES FROM THAILAND 233 RECIPES FROM CAMBODIA 249 RECIPES FROM VIETNAM 255 RECIPES FROM CHINA AND HONG KONG 267 RECIPES FROM THE PHILIPPINES 279 RECIPES FROM INDONESIA 297 RECIPES FROM MALAYSIA, BRUNEI AND SINGAPORE Bibliography 335 Index 345 Table of Weights and Measures 365

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